Earnings Release • Feb 22, 2019
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RomReal : Fourth Quarter (Q4) 2018 Financial Results and Investor Presentation
RomReal hereby announces the fourth quarter 2018 results highlights:
Net Asset Value (NAV)
· Net Asset value was EUR 0.47 (NOK 4.67) per share, being 3.8% lower compared
to the end of the third quarter 2018.
· The year-end 2018 valuation was concluded by Knight Frank and resulted in a
2.6% reduction of the portfolio's fair value.
Operational highlights
· A conditional sale of Balada Market (No.6 on the list) and 1.5 hectares of the
Industrial Park (No.4 on the list) was agreed during December 2018. On the Lake
Side plot (No.1 on the list) the sale of a minor plot has been agreed at a
satisfactory price, subject to securing all outstanding permits.
· In 2018, RomReal received a tax claim in excess of EUR 1.7 million. There is
some communication with the Central Tax Authorities, but no conclusion yet. If
the Tax Authorities do not reach a decision by 25(th) June 2019, the Company
reserves its right to proceed in a lawsuit against the the Tax Authorities in a
Civil Court. A follow-up meeting with the Tax Authorities has been agreed for
the 13(th) March 2019.
Financial Results
· Net Result for the quarter was EUR 0.78 million loss compared to a EUR 1.18
million gain in 4Q 2017. Operating cash flow for the quarter was a negative EUR
0.31 million compared to minus EUR 0.44 million in the same period last year.
This includes an investment cost of EUR 0.13 million, mostly on infrastructure
work related to the Lake Side project.
· At the end of the quarter, the Company had a cash position of EUR 3.5 million
plus a total of EUR 0.89 million in unsettled receivables related to binding
sales agreements, totalling at about EUR 4.4 million or about EUR 0.1 per share.
Macro and real estate market highlights
* In the last quarter of 2018, the Romanian economy grew by 4.1 percent (gross
series) and by 4 percent (seasonally adjusted data) compared with the last
quarter of 2017. Compared with Q3 2018, Romania's GDP rose by 0.7 percent in
Q4 2018, the 9th quarter in a row of increase.
* According to the online platform imobiliare.ro, the fourth quarter of 2018
witnessed a slight increase terms of residential prices growth of 1.5%,
resulting in a total increase of around 6.4% compared to the same period of
2017. Equally, in Bucharest apartment prices went up 1.2% on average during
the last quarter of 2018. Prices in Constanta have reached in December 2018
EUR 1,117 /sqm, a 2% increase since the beginning of the current year.
Nonetheless, the prices are still 30% less than they were at their peak in
June 2008.
A recorded investor presentation webinar will be made available by
10:00am Friday 22 February 2019 at www.romreal.com
For further information please contact:
Harris Palaondas
IR
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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